South Asia’s geopolitical chessboard is once again shifting beneath uneasy skies. The reported arrival of the American Secretary of State in Kolkata after a long fourteen-year hiatus—while conspicuously bypassing Dhaka—has ignited fierce
As India appears to be caught in the conflict dyad with Pakistan’s heinous terrorist strategy, China is making inroads in the Neighbourhood from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Geopolitical Big Players have a tolerance
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Tensions flared on the Thai-Cambodian border early Wednesday as a deadly exchange of gunfire between troops from both sides left a Cambodian soldier dead, reigniting a long-standing territorial dispute. In response, Thai
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Zijin Mining Group, China’s largest gold producer, is venturing into the precious metals “streaming” business through its asset management arm, in a strategic bid to lock in future bullion supplies amid soaring
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Myanmar continues to bleed under the yoke of militarised oppression, yet refuses to surrender its voice or vision. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
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Singapore is grappling with a surging wave of online scams, driven by a combination of high affluence, digital dependence, and deep cultural compliance with authority — a situation some experts have dubbed
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I did not attend the recent Dalada exposition, but I passed through Kandy during those days and witnessed the long lines – thousands of pilgrims, most of them elderly, queued in fervent
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French President Emmanuel Macron began a high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia on Sunday, with stops in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore aimed at bolstering France’s presence in the region through new partnerships in
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According to a Financial Times report and multiple sources familiar with the discussions, Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under-secretary of defense for policy, has told British officials that the Trump administration wants the
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Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Vietnam from April 14 to 15, at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist
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A new study published just days before a devastating earthquake struck Myanmar, claiming over 3,000 lives, warns that China and its neighboring countries are at an elevated risk of catastrophic earthquakes. The
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